Students at P.B. Smith Elementary School’s ecology club are learning about the life and migration of monarch butterflies. They learn in the classroom about the butterfly’s need for certain plants. They learn scientific words for the stages of a butterfly’s life. But, ecology club teacher Barbara Dennee says they learn the most when they visit their school garden in Warrenton, Virginia. There they wait patiently for the monarch to arrive. Just recently, monarch butterflies landed in their garden where among vegetables and herbs, the students planted the milkweed plant. Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants. There are concerns that the plants have been disappearing because of poor weather conditions and the use of herbicides. So, monarchs, which travel between Canada and Mexico during their migration, now have far fewer places to stop.
Title: Students Build a Station for Monarch Butterflies
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/monarch_station.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Students Build a Station for Monarch Butterflies' data-article-id='3216'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14854'>Students at P.B. Smith Elementary School’s ecology club are learning about the life and migration of monarch butterflies.</span> <span data-start-time='14854' data-end-time='21125'>They learn in the classroom about the butterfly’s need for certain plants.</span> <span data-start-time='21125' data-end-time='26208'>They learn scientific words for the stages of a butterfly’s life.</span> <span data-start-time='26208' data-end-time='36854'>But, ecology club teacher Barbara Dennee says they learn the most when they visit their school garden in Warrenton, Virginia.</span> <span data-start-time='36854' data-end-time='42042'>There they wait patiently for the monarch to arrive.</span> <span data-start-time='42042' data-end-time='54188'>Just recently, monarch butterflies landed in their garden where among vegetables and herbs, the students planted the milkweed plant.</span> <span data-start-time='54188' data-end-time='58708'>Monarchs lay their eggs on milkweed plants.</span> <span data-start-time='58708' data-end-time='68188'>There are concerns that the plants have been disappearing because of poor weather conditions and the use of herbicides.</span> <span data-start-time='68188' data-end-time='78375'>So, monarchs, which travel between Canada and Mexico during their migration, now have far fewer places to stop.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/monarch_station.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=11068 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/what_does_ecology_mean.m4a'>What does ecology mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='interaction between organisms'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/herbs_and_vegetables.m4a'><span>herbs and vegetables</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/poor_weather_conditions.m4a'><span>poor weather conditions</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/interaction_between_organisms.m4a'><span>interaction between organisms</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/butterfly_migration.m4a'><span>butterfly migration</span></div></div></div><div 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question-container' data-question-id=11070 data-hint-location='54188' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/monarchs_lay_their_eggs_on__blank__plants.m4a'>Monarchs lay their eggs on <span class='blank'>milkweed</span> plants.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='milkweed'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/milkweed.m4a'><span>milkweed</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/marigold.m4a'><span>marigold</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/organic.m4a'><span>organic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2656/vegetable.m4a'><span>vegetable</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button 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